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Third bird flu case this year in Vietnam
Hanoi - A Vietnamese man has tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the third confirmed case of bird flu in Vietnam this year, hospital sources said Monday.read more
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Now, GM chickens that don''t spread bird flu
Washington, Jan 14 : Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have produced genetically modified (transgenic) chickens that do not transmit avian influenza virus to other chickens...
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Mexico to vaccinate 1 mn chickens against bird flu
Guadalajara (Mexico), July 11 - A shipment of 1 million doses of vaccine from China will be used to inoculate chickens over the next few days to contain a bird-flu outbreak, Mexico's National Union of...
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Millions of birds dead, killed in Mexico flu outbreak
Mexico City, July 26 - Some 4.9 million birds have died since the outbreak of bird flu started five weeks ago at farms in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, officials said.All of the birds are hens...
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Bird flu: More than 2000 chickens culled in Bihar
Patna, March 11 - More than 2,000 chickens were culled and a large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district in the last 24 hours following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said...
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33 infected with bird flu, says China
Beijing, April 11 - The number of people infected with the new H7N9 strain of bird flu in China stands at 33 with the detection of five more cases, while a four-year-old boy who had experienced slight...
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China bird flu toll rises to 11
Beijing, April 13 - The new strain of bird flu detected last month in eastern China has taken another victim in Shanghai, raising the toll to 11, authorities said.The official agency Xinhua reported...
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60 avian flu cases in China, 13 dead
Beijing, April 15 - The total number of confirmed cases of H7N9 avian influenza in China has reached 60, including 13 people who died from the disease, the government said.Till Sunday evening, 11 new...
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Bird flu cases rise to 31 in Shanghai
Beijng, April 18 - The number of avian flu affected cases reached 31 in Shanghai, with the confirmation of a new case Wednesday, health authorities said.An 89-year-old man surnamed Chen, tested...
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China confirms 87 bird flu cases; 17 dead
Beijing, April 19 - China Thursday confirmed the number of bird flu affected cases reached 87 in the country, with a total of 17 people already dead due to H7N9 avian influenza.Five new cases of human...
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Bird flu cases reach 91 in China; 17 dead
Beijing, April 20 - The number of people affected with H7N9 avian influenza, or bird flu risen to 91 Friday evening, with four new cases being found in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Seventeen people...
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China has 102 bird flu cases, 20 dead
Beijing, April 22 - The bird flu has claimed 20 lives while causing 102 cases of the avian influenza --H7N9 -- in China, with six fresh cases being reported from coastal provinces of Zhejiang and...
View ArticleExperts approve eating poultry in China despite bird flu
Beijing, April 30 - Denying having come across any evidence of anyone getting infected with bird flu virus by consuming poultry or eggs, an expert group has declared poultry to be safe for eating in...
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Bird flu toll in China rises to 24
Shanghai, May 1 - An 89-year-old man has died in Shanghai from bird flu, raising the toll from the outbreak of the H7N9 strain of the disease to 24, media reports said.A total of 13 people have died in...
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Mexico slaughters 55,000 chickens to contain bird flu
Mexico City, May 10 - Authorities slaughtered 55,000 chickens at a farm in the central state of Puebla where avian flu was detected, Mexico's agriculture department said.The Senasica food-safety agency...
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China confirms 131 bird flu cases, 39 deaths
Beijing, June 10 - A total of 131 H7N9 avian flu cases have been reported on the Chinese mainland, including 39 cases resulting in deaths, authorities said.Of the total, 78 H7N9 patients have been...
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Bird flu found in Dutch poultry farm
The Hague, Aug 4 - Bird flu has been detected in a poultry farm with 9,000 hens in the Dutch town of Tzum, the ministry of economic affairs reported.It is probably a mild H7 version of the bird flu...
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Bird flu emergency declared in Nepal district
Kathmandu, Aug 15 - Nepal has declared a bird flu emergency in Bhaktapur, one of the three districts of the Kathmandu valley, an official said Thursday.The decision was taken at a meeting between...
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Bird flu strain infects human for 1st time
Tokyo, Nov. 15 - A bird flu strain that scientists believed could not infect humans has shown up in a Taiwanese woman.The woman, 20, was sent to hospital in May after suffering lung infection.She was...
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China tightens bird flu precautions
Beijing, Dec 21 - China's top health authority Friday directed health departments at all levels to tighten supervision of new pneumonia and flu cases.According to the National Health and Family...
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